---
title: "JAMES REID (MINERALS) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666
identifier: oo:GB-COH-SC197379
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# JAMES REID (MINERALS) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-SC197379`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **HOWIE MINERALS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6b1839b-73f8-54b5-bfa2-e0dcaa8fcfa7
- **Gurney Slade Lime & Stone Co Ltd** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d079e426-ee93-4e78-9cb0-2f0ec1c458f3

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **10-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `SC197379`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-06-21
- **Registered office:** Rigifa, Cove, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, AB12 3LR
- **SIC:** 82990

### Officers

- LEITH, Samantha Jane — secretary · appointed 2022-11-02
- LEITH, Ian Alexander — director · British · appointed 2009-10-06
- FERGUSON, Peter Nichol — secretary · British · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2004-10-04
- MACLEOD, Hamish — secretary · British · appointed 2004-10-04 · resigned 2008-04-01
- MESSRS. KIDSTONS & CO — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1999-06-21 · resigned 1999-07-01
- HOWIE, Neil Thomson — director · British · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2008-04-01
- WILLMOTT, Adrian Howard — director · British · appointed 1999-07-01 · resigned 2019-12-01
- KIDSTONS LIMITED — corporate nominee director · appointed 1999-06-21 · resigned 1999-07-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Howie Minerals Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b6b1839b-73f8-54b5-bfa2-e0dcaa8fcfa7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · Scotland — since 2016-04-06
- [Gurney Slade Lime & Stone Co. Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d079e426-ee93-4e78-9cb0-2f0ec1c458f3) — 25–50% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2020-01-22

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC197379
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC197379

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **JAMES REID (MINERALS) LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **JAMES REID (MINERALS) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/052d7183-77a9-58fe-9d7b-a1d4f3a6f666._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._